Feeding and receiving basket for multiple impression typewriters



Jan. 19, 1932. p, p BOURQUlN v I 1,841,932

FEEDING AND RECEIVING BASKET FOR MULTIPLE IHPRESSION TYPEWRITERS Filed Nov. 12. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 l v3 jfiozzrzllz'ra Jan. 19, 1932. P. P. BOURQUIN 1,841,932

EEEDING AND RECEIVING BASKET FOR MULTIPLE IMPRESSION TYPEWRITERS Filed Nov. 12, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 19, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PAUL ."P. BOURQUIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIG-NOR' TO THE DICTA- TYPE SHORTHAND MACHINE COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE FEEDING AND RECEIVING BASKET FOR MULTIPLE IMPRESSION TYPEWRITERS Application filed November 12, 1928. Serial No. 318,742.

My invention relates to a combination storage and receiving basket for use with a multiple impression typewriter or the like.

A purpose of my invention is to provide a multiple impression typewriter or the like with a two-compartment basket, one compartment for feeding a fan-folded strip of paper to the machine and the othercompartment, normally in position of use directly above the first, for receiving the printed strip as it leaves the machine.

A further purpose is to use a combination delivery and storage receptacle as a cover for the printing mechanism of a multiple impression typewriter when the machine is not in use, folding the receptacle up over the machine bottom side up when the machine is not in use.

A further purpose is to provide a storage basket that folds up over a multiple impression typewriter that it su plies with fanfolded paper with means fbr retaining the supply of unused paper while the basket is in its folded position.

A further purpose is to provide means for preventing the end of a printed fan-folded strip that is leaving a multiple impression typewriter orthe like into a storage basket from inadvertently feeding back into the ma- 0 chine.

Further purposes will appear in the specification and in the claims.

I have elected to illustrate my invention in one form only, selecting a form that is practical and eflicient in operation and which well illustrates the principles involved.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my basket applied to a multiple impression typewriter with the basket shown full line in operating position and in dot-and-dash line in its folded position.

' Figure 2 is a plan View of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the basket shown inFigures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the basket shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3.

Like numerals refer to like parts in all figures.

Describing in illustration and not in limitation and referring to the drawings I have preferred to illustrate my invention with 'a multiple impression typewriter, believing that its widest application will be with these machines but recognize that it is also applicable to use with machines such as cash registers, billing machines and the like, and intend the term multiple impression typewriter to include here all such machines in so far as my invention may be applied to them.

However, some of the features of my invention are combination features with the particular form of multiple impression typewriter that is' shown in the illustration and in the claims that are directed at thesecombination features, the term multiple impression typewriter is intended to comprise a typewriter machine having the special features mentioned in r the respective claims, these special features being intended to be illustrated in the figures.

As best seen in Figures 1 and 2 the basket 10 is pivotally mounted at 11 upon rearwardly projecting plates 12 of the multiple typewriting machine 13.

The plates 12 pivotally support the platen 14 having delivery face 1 1 at the top and the printing mechanism of the machine and the basket extending substantially horizontal rearwardly from the back of the machine is in position to feed the paper strip 15 to the platen from a lower compartment 16 and to receive back the printed strip 17 into an upper compartment or tray 18.

The basket is prevented from tilting rearwardly downward by engagement at 19 between the front end of the basket and'the rearwardly directed edge of the base plate 20 of the machine.

The member 10 is usually called a basket but it should be understood that this is mere ly following the language of present practice and does not indicate that the member is made of wicker or like material and the ma terial of my receptacle is preferably of pressed sheet metal.

The basket 10 comprises lower and upper compartments 16 and 18, the lower compartthe platen 14, leaves the platen delivery face 14 rearwardly and passes downwardly into the upper compartment 18 of the basket where it piles up in fan-folds to any desired extent. Both compartments are located below the horizontal plane of the delivery point at which the paper leaves the platen face so as to give room downwardly for the bend of the paper at that end of the fold nearer to the platen.

As the printed strip initially leaves the platen its outer end is initially to some extent unguided-and in order to avoid any danger of the strip end getting back into the machine I may desirably guide the outer end of the paper strip after it has reached a moderate length as by means of a slot 23 in the floor 24 of t 1e upper compartment or tray 18, the operator inserting the end of the stri through this slot as soon as the strip is o suflicient len h. This feature is a small detail that ma be omitted if desired.

s best seen in Figure 2 the case 25 of the machine is open at 26 at the top and rear across the plates 12 and the intermediate printing mechanism, and also open at 27 around the keyboard.

When the basket is in its folded up position that is in the position that it occupies when the machine is not in use, the basket is upside down on top of the machine, having its normally front end pivotally supported at 11 on the rear end projections of the plates 12 and its normall rear end presenting the normally upper e ge 28 of theplate 29 down against the base late 30 of the machine in front of the vowe keys 31'.

It will be seen that the plate 29, which is an upwardly projecting rear end plate of the receiving tray 18 of the basket forms a downwardly projecting leg when the basket is upside down in its folded position, the adjacent side portions 32 and 33 of the tray then fitting along the outside of the outer vowel keys and extending rearwardly between adjacent keys of the keyboard.

It will be seen that the fan-folded pack in the storage compartment will slide forward ainst the front end 34 of the compartment w en the basket is being tilted up and folded back and in order to prevent the front edge of the pack from falling out when the has ket is inverted I provide the basket with a flap 35 normally over the front end of the compartment.

The flap is desirably at the same level as the floor of the upper com artment and forms a rearwardly extending ange or led e that effectively prevents any fallin out o the front end of the pack when the asket is turned over to its folded position of disuse.

The basket may be made of any suitable material in any suitable way. I have preferred however to make it of sheet metal by die stamping, making the upper and lower trays separate and fitting them together, the upper tray raised above and fitting between the walls of the lower tray, and the two trays being suitably fastened together and together forming the basket.

The lower tray includes the hanger portions 36 from which the basket is pivotally suspended at 11, the hangers extending upwardly from the opposite sides of the tray near t e front end of the basket. I

The upper tray closely fits inside the lower tray and the floor of the upper tray which forms the roof of the lower tray is considerably shorter than the floor of the lower tray in order to provide ample space for easy insertion of the pack of unused fan-folded paper into the lower tray while the basket is pivotally fastened to the machine.

In operation the pack of fan-folded paper is inserted into the lower compartment while the basket is in its open position.

The end of the upper fold of this supply pack is inserted into the machine and progressed to a proper position for receiving the rst impression of the machine.

The machine is then operated, as to make a printed record of spoken words, and the strip progresses out of the machine rearwardly into the upper tray to progressively pile up in fan-folds.

After a moderate length of the strip has left the machine and before it begins to pile up in the upper tray the free end may be inserted into the slot 23 in the floor of the upper tray which effectively guards against any danger of this end feeding back into the machine.

When the use of the machine is interrupted the operator inverts the basket on to the top of the machine, the supply pack slidin forwardly under the ledge 35 and its end ing prevented from falling out by engagement with this ledge.

The printed record lying in a fan folded pile upon the upper tray if to be temporarily retained on the upper tray is held to place by the hand of the operator while the basket is being folded to its position of disuse and is subsequently held there by its engagement with the top of the machine.

In view of my invention and disclosure variations and modifications to meet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident to others skilled in the art, to obtain all or part of the benefits of my invention without copying the structure shown, and I, therefore, claim all such in so far as they fall within the reasonable spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A multiple impression typewriter machine having a platen and adapted to operate upon a paper strip, a two-compartment basket, one compartment above the other and both compartments below the delivery face of the platen, a pivoted support for the has ket on the machine adapting the basket in one position to supply a fan-folded strip to the machine from the lower compartment while it is receiving the printed strip in the other compartment in a fan-folded pile, and adapting the basket to turn on its pivot to a position bottom side up on top of the machine.

2. A two-compartment basket for a machine using fan-folded strip paper having a division wall between the compartments forming the floor of the upper compartment and the roof of the lower compartment, the wall being of considerably less length than the length of the basket in combination with a projection near the front of the lower compartment for preventing the supply pack from falling out when the basket is inverted.

3. A two-compartment basket for a machine using fan-folded strip paper having pivotal support upon the machine for adapting it to lie, when not in use, in inverted position upon the top of the machine and including a lower tray, an upper tray and the lower-tray having a ledge extending rearwardly from the front of the tray to prevent the supply pack from falling out when the tray is inverted.

4. A multiple impression typewriter machine in combination with a combined supply and receiving basket having pivot support on the delivery side of the machine adapting the basket to fold bottom side up on top of the machine and means in conjunction with the supply part of the basket for holding a supply of paper in the basket when the basket has been folded upside down.

verse slot for receiving the free end of the printed strip in order to prevent its return to the machine.

7. A multiple impression typewriter in cluding a base plate and printing mechanism thereon in combination with a two-compartment basket adapted to simultaneously feed fan-folded paper from one compartment and to receive the printed strip in a fan-folded pile from the machine in the other compartment, a pivotal connection between the ma chine and basket at one end of the basket and an upwardly extending transverse plate at the end of the basket for presentation by the basket against the base plate of the machine when the basket is folded on top of the machine.

PAUL P. BOURQUIN. 

